2 Peter 3:12 (DBY)

Passage

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

2 Peter 3:11 All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,

2 Peter 3:12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "waiting", "hastening", "coming", "reason", "heavens", "fire", "shall", and "dissolved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "waiting" and "hastening", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "All these things then being to be..." into verse 13's "But according to his promise we wait...", so "waiting" and "hastening" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "waiting" and "hastening" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.